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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6: The Mystery of the Backward Feet

​"Welcome to the sixth chapter. In this chapter, I am going to tell you about the further events of the wrestler. Yesterday, I told you how the village's strong wrestler went to the wrestling pit at midnight with a 'dark shadow,' and how the man sleeping in the field called out to stop him, but seeing no result, he went back to sleep on his cot.

​Slowly, both the wrestler and the dark shadow reached the pit. The wrestler saw no one else at the pit either, but he didn't think much of it and prepared to fight. Now, the wrestling began between the two, but in the very first move, the shadow slammed the wrestler to the ground. This situation was shocking for the wrestler. He began to think, 'For the first time, someone has slammed me in the very first move... and that too, a frail and thin man!'

​The wrestler stood up again with all his strength and, in a surge of passion, he also slammed the dark shadow down hard. But this was the first and last time he could do so because, after this, the wrestler could not slam the shadow again. Later, the wrestler recounted that this fight continued for about 2 to 3 hours. The wrestler applied his full strength for the first time, yet victory was nowhere in sight. Whenever the wrestler was about to slam the shadow, the shadow's body would suddenly slip free from the wrestler's hands. This happened repeatedly, time and again.

​By now, the wrestler began to suspect the shadow because he had fought many matches in the pit, but he was fighting a match like this for the first time. After all, how could it be that an opponent is caught in your move and suddenly becomes free? The wrestler knew there was no move from which the dark shadow could free himself without using a special technique. He thought about accepting defeat, but then he suddenly stopped. He feared that the reputation he had earned would be ruined if a frail man defeated the village's strongest and cleverest wrestler in the pit.

​Gradually, morning approached, and now the wrestler wanted to defeat the shadow to save his name. Therefore, he began to keep a close watch on the shadow's foot movements. As dawn broke, things became clearer to the wrestler. He received a massive shock when he realized that the man he was fighting had both his feet turned backward!

​Upon seeing this, his eyes widened in horror because he understood he had become a victim of a haunting incident. He realized the being he had been fighting all this time was not a human, but a ghost. The wrestler did not lose his courage because he knew if he ran away from the pit or accepted defeat, the dark shadow would surely kill him. He also knew that if he showed fear or told the ghost, 'You are a ghost,' the ghost might launch a fatal attack on him.

​The wrestler kept fighting; he took long breaths and continued in the hope that by staying in the fight, his life might be saved or the dark shadow might disappear. He fought with all his might, but inside, he was completely broken. After one such slam, he began to bleed heavily and could not stand up again. Darkness began to cloud the wrestler's eyes. Shortly after, the wrestler became unconscious.

​What do you think will happen next to the wrestler? What will be the reaction of the villagers? I will tell you about the further events tomorrow and mention another such incident. These incidents might not feel very terrifying to you because they are not a script; they are true stories. In real life, they are very frightening and force us to think.

​Stay connected, everyone. Thank you!"

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